Sports + Tech = $$$

Sportvision is the company that brought the strike box and the yellow first-down line to TV sports. Read more on Fortune.com about this $25M company that is changing how we watch sports on TV.

Social Video Viewing on MTV

MTV's Backchannel is a multiplayer online game based on the hugely popular scripted reality soap The Hills. Viewers slings barbs and one-liners for points in the game, which is designed to be played while The Hills airs. As the show's celebutants bicker and gossip on TV, users fire off comments in a web-based chat room (see image above).

As television audiences migrate online, media companies are eyeing social networking as a possible killer app for hooking viewers through their laptops. From simple chat rooms to unique games, the race is on to develop content that complements traditional shows — the more creative and addictive the better. Read more on Wired.com...

Social Video Viewing on MTV

MTV's Backchannel is a multiplayer online game based on the hugely popular scripted reality soap The Hills. Viewers slings barbs and one-liners for points in the game, which is designed to be played while The Hills airs. As the show's celebutants bicker and gossip on TV, users fire off comments in a web-based chat room (see image above).

As television audiences migrate online, media companies are eyeing social networking as a possible killer app for hooking viewers through their laptops. From simple chat rooms to unique games, the race is on to develop content that complements traditional shows — the more creative and addictive the better. Read more on Wired.com...

No, We Really Are Living in a Golden Age of Television

After "dogging" the cable broadcasting offerings yesterday, I found out about a show on MOJO HD called "Start-up Junkies." Watch for free on Hulu.com.

No, We Really Are Living in a Golden Age of Television

After "dogging" the cable broadcasting offerings yesterday, I found out about a show on MOJO HD called "Start-up Junkies." Watch for free on Hulu.com.

We are living in a Golden Age of television

Naysayers will do well to inspect the offerings on November 12, 2008. Does TV get any better than when Dog the Bounty Hunter and his team become judges of elementary school talent contests? Am I the only person who thinks broadcast media could do a little better?

We are living in a Golden Age of television

Naysayers will do well to inspect the offerings on November 12, 2008. Does TV get any better than when Dog the Bounty Hunter and his team become judges of elementary school talent contests? Am I the only person who thinks broadcast media could do a little better?